TOrch Coral
- Thread starter Conski
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Most of the time, yes, it is ok for them to touch. Just watch closely the first few days to make sure.
! thanks anyways and next up is a chiller hopefully by the 31st!
I recently got a torch...When you feed them, do you put a piece of food on each of the heads or just one?
-Jake
-Jake
Each head is a separate entity. I have a frogspawn and each head eats on their own. One of the heads has gotten so big, it's starting to split too! Keep up your calcium for that...they need it to grow their skeleton.
curious about the feeding of these corals, do you turn your pumps off and then place food on the heads of each and do you feed these after the lights are off or is it ok to feed them when the fish are fed? thanks
If your pumps make their tentacles sway a lot, it might be hard for them to hold onto the food...my pump has a "feeding mode" that slows it down for 10 minutes...usually they will take what they want and then when the pump turns back on, the flow clears off what they reject. I feed them the same time as the fish and the same food as well. They grab the food out of the water column and take it to their mouths with their tentacles. If you directly feed them, just try not to blast them with the baster or whatever you're using.
Thanks for the info and I didn't mean to hi jack the thread but I saw it and I have been thinking about getting a frogspawn and thought I would ask. Thanks again.
Robert
No problem. No worries...threads bounce topics all the time. I love my frogspawn...it's real fun to watch swoosh around in the current and does very well. They can also host clowns too without the hardships of an anemone.
Our various hammer, frogspawn, and torch corals happily capture frozen mysid shrimp that the fish miss during feeding time (I add the mysid shrimp in right where these corals are to help maximize their chance at caching some). Depending on the fish in your tank, you may have to attempt to feed the coral at the same time as the fish, otherwise the fish may try to steal the food from the coral. Cleaner shrimp are also good at stealing food from feeding corals.
In any case, target feeding isn't necessary for long term success. We've had these corals split heads and multiply rather quickly with just good lighting and water chemistry. If you do target feed them often, be careful to not feed them so often to risk polluting the tank water.
In any case, target feeding isn't necessary for long term success. We've had these corals split heads and multiply rather quickly with just good lighting and water chemistry. If you do target feed them often, be careful to not feed them so often to risk polluting the tank water.